Komimasa Tanaka (田中 小実昌, Tanaka Komimasa, April 29, 1925–February 29, 2000) was a noted Japanese writer, essayist, and translator.

Prizes

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  • 1979 81st Naoki Prize (1979上) for Rōkyoku shiasahimaru no hanashi / Mimi no koto (浪曲師朝日丸の話 / ミミのこと)[1]
  • 1979 15th Tanizaki Prize for Poroporo (ポロポロ)[2]

Selected works

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  • Kaburitsuki jinsei, 1964.
  • Ueno shōgitai, 1968.
  • Jidōmakidokei no ichinichi, 1971.
  • Omoshiro hambun taidan, 1971.
  • Otomejima no otome, 1974.
  • Ohōtsuku zuma, 1975.
  • Cheri to no sampo, 1976.
  • Betonamu ōjo, 1979.
  • Biggu heddo, 1979.
  • Gorinjū totokarucho, 1979.
  • Ishagirai ni sasageru hon, 1979.
  • Poroporo (ポロポロ), Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1979.
  • Rōkyoku shiasahimaru no hanashi / Mimi no koto (浪曲師朝日丸の話 / ミミのこと), 1979.
  • Yashi no tabi (香具師 の 旅), Tōkyō : Tairyūsha, 1979.
  • Joruigaku nyūmon, 1980.
  • Mata yokomichi ni soremasu ga, 1981.
  • Chōjikan taidan (超時間 対談), Tōkyō : Shūeisha, 1981.
  • Yoi (酔), Tōkyō : Sakuhinsha, 1988.
  • Boku no shinema gurafiti, Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1983.
  • Nai mono no sonzai (ない もの の 存在), Tōkyō : Fukutake Shoten, 1990.
  • Tanaka Komimasa essei korekushon (田中小実昌エッセイ・コレクション), Tåokyåo : Chikuma Shobåo, 2002.

Selected translation works

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References

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  1. ^ "直木賞受賞者一覧" [Naoki Prize Winners List] (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "谷崎潤一郎賞受賞作品一覧" [Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Prize Winners List] (in Japanese). Chuokoron-Shinsha. Retrieved September 13, 2018.